An unusual advertisement of a 1900
 

I saw this advertisement page on the web..... don't know how old it is. It could be old news.

It might have been concluded for years. Maybe still be open. Here is the ad:

http://www.poudlard.com/annonce/guarino/luge1900.htm

Alvin,

This one has been around for a long time. The owner appears to want a lot for it based on its unverifiable provenance, and no one appears to want to stick their neck--and their pocketbook--out quite that far.

--Dwight

Luger SN 133 is obviously a nice restoration.

Here was the Owner's attempt at finding a "matching" gun to go with his # 133...so he could boost the sales price for a consecutive pair...

Here is his discussion thread over on Jan Still's gun boards :

http://luger.gunboards.com/topic.asp...hTerms=eastman

Another discusison on the Luger Forum back in 2005 :

http://forum.lugerforum.com/showthre...=Eastman+luger

I felt it's probably old news. It's amazing that no police record showing the full s/n of the suicide pistol.

Thanks for the links. Interesting reading. For s/n 133 itself, it looks pretty "healthy", any evidence of restoration?

1. Lack of oxidation and patina.

2. Portions of the DWM scroll seem to have lost depth.

3. Odd color and finish of straw.

4. Seemingly no halos on the BUG proofs on the barrel.

http://forum.lugerforum.com/lfupload...33_7_copy1.jpg

BTW...various records of "George Eastman" traveling through Ellis Island in the early 1900's :

http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/se...et=0&dwpdone=1

Nice web site regarding Geo. Eastman :

http://www.eastmanhouse.org/inc/coll...man_legacy.php

The owner's attitude sure showed through in his posts on the other board also.

If you have a good piece, you can always laugh it off and know in your heart you are right, or at least present your arguments calmly and rationally.

But it always seems the crooks or the swindled ones get very nasty and defensive.

Two million dollars! :roflmao:

I also wasn't surprised to see a certain dealer's name turn up in that thread either.

I reserve a little bit on this gun's finish. Anyway, I totally agree associating
this one with "a certain dealer" was pushing it to the reverse side. Human
nature is greedy.... back in 1999, I bought a small company's stock and the
price surged in a few weeks.... lucky.... only if I had sold it..... instead,
I took out a calculator pressing all those numbers imaging it's "true" value
and ..... the ticker symbol was de-listed in 2002. :mad::mad::roflmao:
So I assume this seller blindly believed that it's a 2M piece, :bigbye:
The market will tell.